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Vict- Presidents,  Elkazar  Tarmly,  Uov,  Dr.  AsA  D.  Smito. 

Treasurer,  Frascis  A.  Palmer. 

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David  Banks, 
Rev.  Wsi.  Ouix, 
Francis  Hall, 
Rev.  Dr.  Cheever, 

P.  J.   FuIlUKS, 

G.  H.  Wellington, 
Jambs  R.  Spalding, 


Rev.  Joseph  P.  Thompson, 
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Rev.  F.  S.  Howe, 

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H.  Pla.ntex,  2:i  1  Wuliani  streot, 
Alfred  Edwards,  70  Wall  street, 
Jasi'eh  E.  Corxixo,  81  John  street, 
A.  lloot'ET,  G2  Wall  street, 
William  P.  Miller,  h5  Gold  street, 
William  Hall,  (Mayor,)  Brooklyn, 
James  C.  Bell,  25  Park  Row, 


Lewis  Minor,  M.  D.,  Brooklj-n, 
Wm.  H, Church,  M.D.,  71  Ixjiidou  Terrace, 
Geo.  H,  Siemo.x,  C'J  Liberty  street, 
Rev.  U^  Dyer,  D.D.,  Bible  House, 
Jasper  T.  Van  Yleck,  27  Wall  street, 
Isaac  (<'.  Kendall,  199  Twelllh  stroot, 
Bexj,  Q.  Lek,  85-7  Broad  street, 
Edwaud  Corning,  81  Johu  street, 
Banks,  27  Peck  Slip. 


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STANPINO    COMMITTKKS. 

Financf.—ALVRET*  Kdwards,  rroUction.—A.  IloorET. 

Wu.  11.  CucRcn,  W.I.LUM  Hail. 

Jasper  T.  Vak  Vleck.  j^^^  ^   ^^^^^ 
Agencies. — IF.  Pi. antes, 

Wu.  r.  Miller,  Emphyment.—\\v.  II.  CniRCH, 

Bekj.  C.  Lek. 

-_         „        „    „  Lewis  C.  Minor,  M.  D., 
Omees. — Geo.  C.  Baker, 

Jasper  K.  Corxixo,  ^^-  ^  ^""^  ^-  ^' 

Jauks  Bell, 

TransU.—Y..  Richardson,  i'uW.cofton.-Rcv.  II.  Dter, 

Jasper  V..  Corning,  George  C.  Bakeb, 

G.  II.  Sieuon.  Tueodore  Bxkxs. 


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IJ   E   P   O   R  T. 


The  germinating  process  of  vegetation,  while,  that  the  most 
hidden  from  view,  at  the  same  time  constitutes  witliin  itself 
the  vital  element  of  the  future  plant.  Such  has  been  the  cha- 
racter of  the  operation  of  this  Society  during  the  past,  the 
first  year  of  its  existence.  In  the  review,  while  something 
will  be  found  to  have  been  accomplished,  yet  much  time  and 
labor  have  been  necessarily  expended  in  surveying  the  field 
and  maturing  plans  for  the  future.  In  the  prosecution  of 
their  duties  in  this  respect,  the  Board  of  Managers  have  been 
strongly  impressed,  not  only  with  the  extent  of  the  field,  but 
also  with  the  absolute  necessity  of  immediate,  decisive,  and 
energetic  action  in  connection  with  it.  In  presenting  this  their 
first  Annual  Report,  they  think  it  proper  to  give  a  brief  his- 
tory of  the  Society,  referring  to  tne  principal  causes  which 
have  led  to  its  existence. 

Ever}'  fresh  arrival  at  this  port,  of  the  immigrant  popula- 
tion, added  to  the  numerous  and  cruel  frauds  and  impositions 
practised  upon  them.  Scarce  a  day  pa.sscd  without  some 
notice  in  the  public  prints  of  the  manner  in  which  they  be- 
came the  dupes  of  designing  and  unprincipled  men.  Facts 
thus  made  known  had  for  a  long  time  pained  the  friends  of 
humanity  in  our  city.  The  attention  of  the  Legislature  of 
this  State  was  at  length  called  to  the  subject,  and  laws  for  the 
protection  of  the  emigrant  were  from  time  to  time  passed. 
Finally,  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Emigration  was 
created,  whose  business  it  should  be  to  take  the  charge  of 
these  strangers  on  their  arrival,  minister  to  their  wants,  and 
shitld  them  from  the  many  perils  to  which  they  were  exposed; 
and  it  was  hoped  and  expected  that  this  Board,  by  its  practical 


6  •  FIRST  ANNUAL  REPORT. 

opcmtions  in  the  exercise  of  the  power  with  which  it  was 
clotlieil,  and  by  causing  to  be  enforced  the  Kiws  in  exi.stenee, 
combined  with  the  clforts  of  existing  national  benevolent 
societies,  would  constitute  an  eftcctual  remedy  for  existing 
evils.  But  in  spite  of  protection-laws,  and  the  appointment 
of  men  clotlied  with  all  authority  to  execute  those  laws,  the 
most  shameful  robberies,  extortions,  and  wrongs  were  still 
penietrated  upon  the  defenseless  stranger  almost  daily  and 
witli  impunity.  These  outrages,  as  from  time  to  time  they 
reached  the  public  eye  and  ear,  shocked  the  feelings  of  the 
humane,  and  caused  the  blush  of  shame  to  mantle  the  cheek 
of  the  lover  of  his  country.  To  know  that  in  this  land  where 
God  was  recognized  and  his  word  proclaimed  —  a  land  claim- 
ing equality  with  the  highest  in  rank  among  the  nations  of 
the  earth,  for  civilization  and  Christianization  —  human  beings, 
driven  from  their  own  homes  by  suffering  or  oppression,  should 
be  subjected  to  treatment  that  would  shame  the  savage,  might 
well  awaken  feelings  of  the  most  painful  character  in  the 
American  bosom.  For,  as  American  citizens,  we  are  proud  of 
our  country,  her  institutions,  her  extent,  her  unlimited  re- 
sources, and  her  national  hospitality;  proud  of  our  ancestry, 
who  opened  wide  the  portals  to  this  land,  and  breathed  forth 
an  invitation  to  oppressed  and  sulVcring  humanity  of  all  lands, 
saying,  "Come  with  us  and  wc  will  do  thee  good;"  and 
when  they  came,  gave  them  a  warm  and  hearty  welcome ;  re- 
membering themselves,  the  victims  of  oppression  and  wrong  in, 
and  driven  from,  their  own  land,  and  that  here,  strangers  in  a 
strange  land,  the  untutored  children  of  the  forest  to  which 
they  had  fled  for  refuge,  had  given  them  a  kindly  reception, 
they  did  not,  nor  would  we,  their  children,  forget  the  lessons 
of  their  early  history.  We  would  practise  as  well  as  inherit 
their  virtues,  and  by  so  doing  reap  the  ever-sure  reward  of 
corrett  action,  advancement  to  wealth  and  power  as  a  nation, 
in  time  to  come  as  in  times  past.  With  a  country  withoufe  a 
parallel  for  extent,  varict}'  of  climate,  soil,  production,  and  re- 
sources undeveloped,  institutions  better  adapted  to  ameliorate 
the  condition  of  humanity,  elevate  man  in  his  moral  and  so- 
cial condition,  and  constitute  him  what  God  has  created  him, 
an  intelligent  and  responsible  being,  with  an  opportunity  for 
the  full  and  free  development  of  his  moral  ana  intellectual 
powers,  may  the  day  be  far  distant  when  we  shall  fail  to 
respond  truly  and  heartily  to  the  sentiment  of  our  revered  and 
beloved  Washington,  the  inspired  Father  of  his  Country,  who 
said:  "T/je  bosom  of  America  is  open  to  receive  not  only  the  ojndent 
and  respectable  stranger,  but  the  oppressed  and  persecuted  of  all 
nations  and  of  all  religions,  ivhoni  we  shall  tcelcome  to  a  partici- 


FIRST   ANNUAL  REPORT.  7 


pation  in  all  riglits  and  privi'--  •  "     It  is  one  tl'-"  ■>■'  'vf»ver, 
to  throw  open  the  doors  of        ,   uility,  and  t[u  r  to 

exercise  its  rites.  In  the  latter,  just  regard  is  ever  to  be  had 
to  the  rank,  position,  and  capacity  of  the  c:  as  well 

as  to  the  character  of  the  guests  ;  and  tlio  ii  •  -  <>.  n  >pitulity 
always  can  and  ever  should  be  exercised  !^o  ;us  that  no  injury 
can  nos.'-il-lv  accrue  to  cither  party,  but  the  greatest  possible 
comfort,  enjoyment,  and  advantiige  to  both.  Apprehension  of 
hidden  or  future  evils  growing  out  of  the  incoming  of  these 
str  "  "Ts  into  our  midst,  should  not  bo  pcrmitied  to  contra- 
v>  '  just  and  full  exercise  of  these  ntes,  or  incline  us  to 

close  the  door  to  immigration.  The  tide  of  humanity,  as  it 
ebbs  and  flows  from  and  to  diflercnt  and  distant  j)arts  of  the 
globe,  is  under  a  far  dilVorcnt  intluence  and  control  than  that 
of  mere  material  agency ;  and  to  whatever  point  it  may  be 
largely  directed  at  any  given  period,  thereby  is  indicated  some 
great  and  wise  purpose  of  Divine  Providence. 

That  tide,  ihcrclbre,  which  has  set  into  this  country  for  the 
last  ten  years,  must  by  no  means  be  regarded  as  a  national 
calamity,'  but  rather  in  this  light:  that  our  geographical  posi- 
tion, our  unlimited  capacity  for  population,  and  last,  not  least, 
our  free  institutions,  have  well  adapted  this  land  to  become  the 
honored  instrument  in  the  hand  of  Providence  for  the  accom- 
plishment of  purposes  of  intinite  wisdom  and  beneficence,  in 
regard  to  man  s  future.  But,  regarding  the  matter  in  the  light 
of  mere  self-interest,  the  duty  of  caring  for  these  strangers  on 
their  arrival  is  obvious.  introduced  labor  and  pecuniary 
wealth,  capable  of  immediate  availability,  contribute  to 
national  prosperity ;  but  both  must  be  immediately  appro- 
priated on  introduction,  and  thus  rendered  available,  or  other- 
wise they  become  a  national  curse.  Labor  unemployed,  and 
money  expended  upon  the  gratification  of  human  appetites 
and  passions,  tend  to  demoralize  and  ruin. 

But  more  than  this,  idleness  is  the  parent  of  vice.  An  un- 
employed population  is,  in  proportion  to  its  amount,  emphati- 
cally a  curse  to  the  community  in  which  it  is  found.  Poverty, 
thanks  to  our  institutions,  is  not  a  crime,  nor  is  it  necessarily 
an  evil,  unless  temporarily.  It  may  be  regarded  as  the  boast 
of  America,  that  it  is  the  poor  man's  country.  It  is  not  until 
poverty  sinks  down  to  pauperism  that  it  becomes  an  object  of 
dread  ;  and  it  is  an  object  naturally  so  foreign  to  our  country, 
as  well  as  in  itself  so  rejjulsiyc  and  mischievous,  that  its  pre- 
vention and  removal  should  awaken  the  liveliest  concern 
among  all  good  citizens. 

It  can  not  be  doubted  that  the  main  cause  of  this  unhapiiy 
condition  of  a  largo  portion  of  our  emigrant  population  is 


8  FIRST  ANNUAL   REPORT. 

found  in  the  ncgloct,  to  a  grc.it  extent,  of  the  duties  towards 
lia-sc  strangers  which  this  Society  proposes  to  di:^eharge, 
namely,  to  protect  them  from  fraud  and  imposition,  procure 
for  tliom  temporary  accommodations,  and  direct  them  to  suit- 
able ])laces  of  settlement  in  the  country.  Nor  has  the  evil 
resulting  from  a  failure  to  discharge  these  duties  been  confined 
to  that  population  alone ;  but  it  lias  given  rise  to  a  constant 
accumulation  of  unproductive  labor,  increased  demand  for 
food  to  which  supply  is  not  equal,  and  c  lontly  unpre- 

cedented high  jirices  of  provisions;  cxorbii....:  .  uts  and  taxes 
increased  year  by  year;  and  by  the  latter  is  meant  not  alone 
the  public  tax,  but  also  the  calls  of  private  charity,  not  the 
least  onerous  ;  a  disregard  of  law,  and  rapid  ii  of  crime. 

These  evils  existed —  had  been  a  long  time  ol  ...  a  and  felt. 
The  question  aro.se  as  to  the  remedy.  Legislation  had  at- 
tempted it  in  two  several  instances  by  the  creation  of  bodies 
of  men.  In  the  first  instance,  legalizing  the  office  of  runner 
intended  originallv  for  great  good;  and  then  by  the  creation 
of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Emigration ;  again  by  law3 
enacted  for  the  protection  of  the  emigrant ;  but  all  these 
several  in  -  only  tended  to  show  that  1        '      ve  enact- 

ments, emu.w  i.i-.-od  by  party  bias  or  individua.  .lii  .est,  in  re- 
gard to  all  subjects,  fall  far  short  of  the  object  aimed  at,  or, 
becoming  perverted  in  their  practical  application,  are  rendered 
useless  in  their  operation.  National  benevolent  societies,  based 
upon  the  most  philanthropic  and  generous  plans,  acting  in 
their  isolated  capacity,  found  themselves  unequal  to  the  task. 

Under  these  circumstances  it  was  deemed  advisable  to 
attempt  the  formation  of  a  distinct  voluntary  organization, 
which  might  take  the  subject  into  consideration,  and  see  if 
some  plan  could  not  be  devi.^ed  whereby  the  evils  complained 
of  might  be  more  fully  remedied,  acting  in  concert  with  exist- 
ing organizations,  and  availing  themselves  of  instrumentalities 
already  at  hand.  This  Society  was  therefore  organized  on  the 
first  of  March,  18o4,  and  the  following  were  the  objects  pro- 
posed : 

To  nolifv  the  emigrant,  ) previous  to  his  embarkation,  of  the 
existence  and  aims  of  the  Society,  so  as  to  prevent  him  from 
becoming  the  dupe  of  designing  parties  when  he  comes  here. 

To  direct  emigrants  to  places  of  abode  while  in  the  city, 
where  they  may  be  secure  from  imposition  and  plunder. 

To  furnish  legal  and  pecuniary  aid  to  those  who  have  been 
the  victims  of  oj^pression  and  fraud. 

To  obtain  information  as  to  the  different  sections  of  the 
country  suitable  for  settlement,  and  the  demand  for  labor. 


FIRST  ANNUAL   REPORT.  9 

To  prepare  full  and  accurate  instructions  as  to  the  various 
inland  rouicvs  and  modes  of  transit,  and  to  forward  emigrants 
to  any  part  of  the  country  by  the  best  and  cheapest  convey- 
ance. 

To    iiuiurc    ■  it.s   to  j>r()cccd  to  the  country,   and   to 

direct  them  to  ...     ;..  '.st  suital)le  localities. 

To  furnish  drafis  and  jia^sage-tickets  for  their  friends  in  the 
old  country,  and  thus  prepare  them  for  frauds  and  imposi- 
tion. 

In  the  pro.secution  of  its  objects,  the  Society  has  had  diffi- 
culties to  contend  with,  other  than  those  connected  with  its 
field  of  operation.  The  dcj^rivation  at  an  early  day  of  the 
valuable  services  of  Doctor  I.  P.  ].,itchlield,  its  first  general 
agent,  and  whose  active  and  valuable  services  had  contributed 
not  a  little  towards  the  organization  of  the  Society,  and  this, 
too,  before  the  elements  had  been  reduced  to  practical  opera- 
tion, on  account  of  ill-health ;  the  sickness  which  prevailed 
here  during  the  past  season  driving  from  the  city  the  great 
body  of  those  wuo  could  cfiectually  sympathize  with  and 
aid  its  operations,  and  the  derangement  and  almost  ui)])aral- 
leled  stringency  of  the  money  market,  were  among  them. 

These  were  the  days  of  gloom  and  darkness ;  but  relying 
upon  the  goodness  of  the  cause,  your  Board  faltered  not,  and 
it  is  pleasant  to  record  the  providential  procurement  at  this 
time  of  the  sevices  of  one  who  has  been  for  a  long  time  identi- 
fied with  this  particular  department  of  philanthropic  action. 

The  Rev.  D.  R.  Thomason,  the  present  General  Agent  of  the 
Society,  very  soon  after  it  was  deprived  of  the  active  services 
of  Dr.  Litchfield,  was  brought  into  contact  with  the  Board,  and 
his  long  experience  and  consequent  knowledge  of  the  subject, 
his  activity,  energy,  and  intelligent  zeal  in  the  pro.secution  of 
the  business  of  the  Society,  so  displa3'ed  his  peculiar  qualifi- 
cations for  the  ofiice  of  General  Agent,  that  he  was  selected  to 
fill  the  vacancy  occurring  by  Dr.  Litchfield's  withdrawal. 

The  progress  of  the  Society  has  been  slowly  but  steadily 
onward.  In  the  development  of  its  plan  of  organization  it 
has  divided  its  duties  among  .seven  standing  committees,  who 
discharge  their  several  functions  and  make  their  report  at  the 
monthly  meetings  of  the  Executive  Board.  The  first  is,  the 
Committee  on  Agency  to  which  is  allotted  the  task  of  selecting 
and  appointing  suitable  agents  bcilh  at  home  and  abroad,  as.-^ign- 
ing  the  duties  of  these  agents  and  directing  their  operations. 
During  the  past  year  there  have  been  made  only  two  appoint- 
ments abroad,  to  wit,  that  of  Charles  A.  Jov,  Esq.,  corresponding 
agent  for  the  continent,  and  that  of  Mr.  Eleazer  Jones,  general 


10  FIRST   ANNUAL  REPORT. 

:i  ■lit  of  the  Society  for  the  Kincr<lom  of  Great  Britain,  re- 
.-,  i.iig  at  Liverpool.  In  both  these  appoiutineiits  the  Board 
111  1  that  the  Society  has  groat  rea.son  to  fehcitate  itself,  for  to 
both  i.s  the  subject-matter  in  relation  to  which  it  is  constituted 
OIK-  of  deep  interest;  and  what  is  of  some  importance  to  it  at 
th."  present  time,  they  constitute  no  pecuniary  charge  to  the 
S  .ciety.  The  importance  of  the  office  filled  by  Mr.  Joy  is 
manifested  by  a  recent  communication  from  him,  from  which, 
;i.s  a  matter  of  importance  as  well  as  interest,  the  following  ex- 
tracts arc  made: 

"In  one  of  the  leading  States  in  Southern  Germany,  an  emigrant  agency 
and  the  Amtricnn  Contntnte  are  in  the  same  building,  and  the  Consul  is  the 
brother  of  the  agent     Both  are  Jews,  and  one  served  a  long  apprci;' 
as  an  'oldclo''  dealer  in  Chatham  street,  New-York.     It  would  jii  _, 

be  impossible  to  prove  that  the  Consul  is  directly  engaged  in  the  emigrant 
trade,  as  he  is  too  cunning  to  be  easily  trapped  ;  but  still  he  might  be  asked 
who  attends  to  the  emigrant  business  during  the  absence  of  his  brother.    A 
brother  consul  in  an  adjoining  State  stands  in  the  .same  equivocal  position. 
These  two  consuls  wield  an  immense  power,  and  if  they  could  resist  the 
temptation  of  making  a  fortune  by  insisting  upon  having  their  'pound  of 
flesh,'  they  couM  effect  more  good  than  many  protective  societies  combined; 
but  human  nature  is  weak,  and  before  a  new  administration  turns  them  out 
their  fortunes  will  be  made.     A  suspicion  is  thus  unintentionally  thrown  by 
our  government  upon  honest  societies,  and  benevolent  efforts  are  often  ren- 
dered nugatory."     He  says  further:   ''I  was  constantly  imjiressed,  during 
my  journey,  with  the  importance  of  your  having  *  suitable'  agents  and  cor- 
respondents at  the  principal  emigration  ports  of  Europe,  and  at  some  of 
the  inland  town.*."    In  regard  to  the  character  of  guests  that  seek  our  hospi- 
tality, the  following  extract  will  not  be  without  its  importance  at  the  pre- 
sent time  :  "Some  of  the  German  States  may  formerly  have  been  guilty  of 
sending  their  convicts  to  the  United  States,  but  that  this  is  still  done  to  any 
extent  is  not  at  all  probable.     Another  practice  is,  hoirerfr,  rerij  common  in 
Germini/,  and  that  is  the  sending  of  paupers  to  America.     The  authorities 
regard  this  as  a  cheap  way  of  getting  rid  of  the  nurplus  pnp'ihition.     The 
passages  of  such  paupers  as  are  willing  to  emigrate  are  paid,  and  thus  the 
poor-houses  are  cleared  out  on  the  one  side  of  the  .\tlantic  to  be  filled  up  on 
the  other;  a  species  of  transfer  of  title  to  which  we  mii^ht   rea.<onal>ly 
object."     The  following  item  of  personal  experience  in  tlic  same  communi- 
cation is  rich  in  suggestion  as  well  as  in  instruction  :     "  They  arc  very 
careful  that  none  of  these  should  be  returned  to  them,  as  the  following  will 
show.      Recently,  when  in  IJerlin,  I  had  a  polite  invitation  to  visit  the  com- 
missary of  police.     This  worthy  was  anxious  to  know  who  [  was,  whence  I 
came,  whither  I  was  going,  what  was  my  occupation,  how  long  I  intended 
remaining  in  town,  whether  I  had  been  there  before,  and  whether  I  was 
really  an   .Xmcrican  and  not  a  <'iennan.     One  question   usually  askcl  "n 
such  occasions  was  omitted,  namely,  IIow  much  money  have  you  al"   it 
yoaf    It  is  thus  the  Prussian  government  protects  itself  from  unacceptable 
em;   "■*       .  and  no  one  dare  take  offense  at  being  a.sked  the  roost  extraordi- 
nar ,  >tis  by  the  police."     .\gtin,  in  regard   to  the  impositions  prac- 

tised upon  emigrants  on  shipboard,  that  thev  may  become  the  more  easy 
victims  here,  he  says  :   "Emigrants  on  this  side  .should  be  informed  of  their 
riirhts  on  ship-board.     They  are  often  under  the  impres.sion  that  the  cap- 
I  throw  them  overboard  the  moment  they  reach  the  port,  and  this 
I  -s  the  runners." 


FIRST  ANNUAL   REPORT.  11 

Ai^eiits  have  also  been  a]>pr>iiitc(l  in  dilVerent  ])ATis  of  our 
own  country.  Many  of  these  have  been  of  an  lionorary  cha- 
racter, of  gentlemen  of  wealth  and  stantling  in  society,  to 
whom  the  Society,  in  ita  objects  and  plans  of  operation,  has 
commended  itself;  but  there  are  others  of  a  different  and  more 
positive  character. 

2.  The  Committee  on  Transit,  which  has  charge  of  the  .sub- 
ject of  the  dilferent  routes  of  conveyance,  with  the  fares. 
Much  difficulty  and  embarrassment  have  attended  the  opera- 
tions of  this  Committee  during  tlie  past  year  from  the  very  in- 
timate relations  existing  between  the  dillerent  railroad  and 
transportation  companies,  and  forwarding  firms  and  their 
.'igenta.  Under  the  law  passed  at  the  la.st  session  of  the  I>.*gis- 
lature,  it  is  hoped  and  expected  that  the  duties  of  this  Com- 
mittee will  be  less  onerous  and  more  cft'ective. 

3.  The  Committee  on  Offices.     This  Committee  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties,  in  the  first  instance,  selected  two  offices, 
one  at  27  Greenwich  street,  and  the  other  at  130  Ninth  street. 
So  rapidly  had  the  business  of  the  Society  progressed,  that  in 
October  last  it  was  found  that  the  rooms  at  130  Ninth  street 
were  too  small,  and  their  present  rooms  in  the  Bible  House 
were  selected  and  taken.     On  the  suggestion  and  request  of 
some  friends  in  Brooklyn,  an  office  has  been  taken  there,  which 
is  now  ready  for  the  transaction  of  business.     The  rules  and 
regulations  adopted  for  the  management  of  these  offices  have 
been  well  adapted  to  the  promotion  of  the  objects  of  the  So- 
cietv,  and  have  met  with  general  approval.    The  establishment 
of  these  offices,  however,  is  a  mere  incident  in  the  great  work 
which  this  Society  has  laid  out  for  itself,  and  intended  as  a 
means  for  furnishing   immediate   employment  to  the  incom- 
ing labor.     It  is  the  great  aim  and  object  of  the  Society  to 
have  them  .so  conducted,  that  both  the  employer  and  the  em- 
ployee shall  have  a  sure  guarantee  of  the  protection  of  their 
respective  rights  in  all  respects. 

4.  Committee  on  Protection.  This  Committee  has  had  its 
attention  called  to  several  instances  of  im{)osition,  but  in 
consequence  of  the  imperfection  of  the  laws  passed  for  his 
protection,  the  suifering  emigrant  has  been  compelled  to  endure 
the  finst  loss,  rather  than  subject  himself  to  a  greater,  in  an 
attempt  at  redress.  Apathy  on  the  part  of  the  administration 
of  the  city  government,  whether  arising  from  party  or  indivi- 
dual interest  and  influence,  had  rendered  laws  passed  with  the 
intent,  of  the  originator  and  the  I>egislature  en:  ••••■'  them,  to 
protect  the  emigrant,  nugatory,  and  thus  they  cv  .  atly  had 
become  a  dead  letter ;  and  it  was  with  no  less  surprise  than  pure 
satisfaction,  that  this  Committee  hailed  the  announcement  made 


12  FIIIST   ANNUAL   REPORT. 

to  the  Commissioners  of  Emigration,  by  tlic  Hon.  Fernando 
Wood,  our  present  able  and  olUcient  Mayor,  that  it  was  his  in- 
tention to  ."^ee  the  exi.sting  laws  enlorcod.  Scarcely,  however, 
had  this  feeling  of  satisfaction  an  opportunity  of  expressing 
itself,  before  tiie  astounding  intelligence  that  a  bill  was  being 
introduced  into  the  liCgislature  to  repeal  the  only  portion  of 
the  laws  in  existence  which  iiad  any  ell'cct  in  them,  for  the  pro- 
tection of  the  helpless  stranger,  and  thus  deprive  the  executive 
of  the  city  of  all  power  in  the  premises,  was  announced  in  the 
public  prints.  On  learning  this  fact,  the  Committee  were  con- 
strained to  bring  the  subject  before  your  Board  for  its  consider- 
ation, and  it  resulted  in  a  reference  of  the  subject  to  a  commit- 
tee, consisting  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
and  General  Agent,  for  the  purpose  of  memorializing  the  Ijcgis- 
lature  in  opposition  to  the  proposed  law,  and  the  result  was  its 
defeat.  (See  Appendix  No.  1.)  While  the  Committee  from  this 
Society  were  watching  the  course  of  legislation,  in  respect  to 
the  first  proposed  law,  another  was  introduced,  ostensibly  for  the 
protection  of  immigrants.  Tliis  law  as  first  proj^oscd,  although 
denominated  An  Act  for  the  Protection  of  Immigrant  Second 
Class  and  Steerage  Passengers,  yet  in  the  form  as  originally 
proposed,  the  more  fully  rendered  the  emigrant  a  prey  to  the 
transportation  companies;  amendments,  however,  were  intro- 
duced so  that  on  its  fina4  passage  it  had  some  valuable  features 
in  it,  and  particularly  that  section  which  makes  the  sworn  state- 
ment of  the  party  sufVering  imposition  testimony  in  the  case, 
thus  avoiding  the  necessity  of  his  spending  weeks,  perhaps 
months,  here  in  order  to  bring  the  perpetrator  of  the  wrong  to 
justice.  It  is  with  extreme  regret  tnat  it  was  found  impossible 
to  procure  an  amendment  to  the  bill,  forbidding  under  heavy 
penalty  all  persons  from  selling  inland  passage-tickets,  except 
those  duly  authorized  by  the  railroad  and  transportation  com- 
jianies,  and  then  holding  those  companies  directly  responsible 
for  the  acts  of  their  agent,*?,  although  ably  urged  by  our  highly 
respected  member  of  the  Hou.se,  Jlon.  liobert  Coleman.  One 
other  point  was,  however,  secured,  which  it  is  hoped  may  result 
in  some  further  good  in  this  direction,  to  wit,  the  appointment  of 
a  committee  of  investigation  into  existing  evils  in  connection 
with  this  subject,  and  the  remedies  required.  The  thanks  of  this 
Society  are  due  to  our  distinguished  Senator  from  this  city, 
Hon.  JEriLStus  Brooks,  under  whose  consideration  this  subject 
came,  as  chairman  of  the  committee  to  whom  it  was  from  time 
to  time  referred,  for  the  prompt  and  kind  attention  given,  and 
earnest  desire  manifested  to  ])romote  whatever  action  was 
necessary  to  protect  the  emigrant.  Before  leaving  this  subject, 
your  Board  would  call  the  attention  of  the  Society  to  the  letter 


FIRST   ANNUAL   RKPOllT.  13 

of  their  agent,  Mr.  Fiiullav,  sliowing  treatment  of  emigrant 
passeniTcrs  in  railroails.    (Sec  Documont  No.  4.) 

5.  Coinmiitee  on  Kinuloyinoiit.  To  beoomo  an  establi.shed 
and  reliable  medium  of  communication  between  the  demand 
and  supply  of  labor  in  ditterent  parts  of  the  countrv,  and  thus 
furnish  employment  and  homos  lor  the  nnonijiloyed  and  desti- 
tute here  in  the  city,  is  a  leading  object  of  this  Society.  The 
growth  of  pauperism  in  this  and  in  all  our  sea-board  cities,  has 
been  for  years  alarmingly  rapid,  but  during  the  pa.st  winter  it 
has  assume*.!  L'igaiitic  tlimensioiis;  most  careful  estimates  .«;how 
that  more  than  one  hundred  and  lifly  thou.sand  persons  have 
been  in  a  condition  of  pauperism,  and  have  received  aid  from 

fmblic  and  private  charity  ;  and  the  amount  of  over  half  a  mil- 
ion  of  dollars  has  been  expended.  It  is  not  within  the  limits  of 
a  report  like  this,  to  trace  out  all  the  evils  incident  to  such  a  con- 
dition. One  thing  is,  however,  certain.  Nothing  so  tends  to  stifle 
the  spirit  of  self-dependence  and  consequent  self  respect,  para- 
lyze personal  eftbrt,  and  to  sink  into  moral  debasement,  as  to  be 
the  recipient  of  either  public  or  private  charity — and  in  pro- 
portion to  the  amount  of  such  charity  and  extent  of  time  in 
which  it  is  received,  will  be  the  above  elfect  produced.  This 
Ck)mmittee,  from  the  many  calls  made  upon  the  Society,  felt  con- 
strained to  take  immediate  and  elficient  action  in  connection 
with  this  subject,  and  to  open  up  fields  for,  and  to  distribute 
into  them,  this  redundant  labor,  and  it  has  been  a  matter  of  seri- 
ous thought  to  them,  and  the  efforts  to  accomplish  it  have  been 
in  some  degree  commensurate  with  the  importance  of  the  object. 

Their  first  task  being  to  ascertain  where  labor  was  wanting, 
under  direction  of  the  Board  a  circular  letter  (see  Appendix, 
Document  No.  2)  was  published ;  answers  to  this  circular 
poured  in  from  all  quarters  of  the  countrv,  demonstrating  that 
openings  existed  for  all  the  unemployed  industrious  poor  of 
our  city. 

The  next  step  was  to  prepare  a  feasible,  practical  plan  for 
sending  out  the  unemployed  ;  around  this,  many  difhculties 
clustered.  The  employer  was  unwilling  to  advance  the  neces- 
sary expense;  the  employee  unable;  the  Society,  in  its  infancy, 
incapable.  To  secure,  as  far  as  possible,  a  middle  ground  on 
whieh  all  might  meet,  was  an  elVort  which  engaged  for  some 
time  the  anxious  attention  of  the  Committee,  and  after  various 
experiments,  a  plan  was  adopted  and  has  thus  far  worked  well. 
(See  Appendix,  Document  No.  8.) 

It  luLs,  however,  been  matter  of  deej)  regret  to  the  Board, 
that  funds  more  adequate  to  the  wants  of  this  interesting  de- 
partment of  their  labors  had  not  been  placed  at  their  command. 
It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  had  the  one  half  which  has  been 


14  FIRST   ANNUAL   REPORT. 

expended  in  public  charity  to  feed  the  poor  in  idleness  in  this 
citv,  durini;  the  p:ust  season,  been  appr*)priatod  to  sending  fami- 
lies >vho  wiTc  desirous  of  going  to  places  whore  they  were 
really  wanted,  where  by  honest  and  useful  labor  they  could 
have  fed  and  clothed  tucmselves,  an  incalculable  amount  of 
good  would  liave  been  accomplished  both  for  the  city  and  the 
country.  To  this  important  field  of  its  opcration.s,  it  is  the 
intention  of  the  Society  to  direct  its  best  energies,  and  to  ap- 
propriate all  the  funds  it  can  po.ssibly  spare,  convinced  that 
should  it  do  nothing  else,  it  will  ])r<»vc  a  public  benefaction. 
During  the  past  year  the  Soeiety  has  furnished  employment  to 
and  sent  into  the  country,  47b2  persons.  The  Board  would 
here  remind  the  Society,  that  its  active  operations  hardly  com- 
menced before  fall. 

6.  Finance  Committee,  having  charge  of  all  the  various 
sources  of  income,  and  the  direction  of  the  expenditures  of 
the  Society,  has  during  the  past  year  met  witli  many  discour- 
agements, while  at  the  same  time,  it  has  also  had  its  encourage- 
ments from  the  general  favor  which  the  Society  has  met  with, 
where  its  objects  and  plans  have  been  made  known  and  assist- 
ance has  been  sought.  It  has  been  the  object  of  this  Committee 
in  all  its  arrangements  to  constitute  the  Society,  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable, a  sflj\siu^(ainin'j  institution.  This  for  the  first  two  or 
three  years,  it  will  be  impossible,  from  past  and  present  expe- 
rience, to  do;  but  it  is  believed  to  be  both  policy  and  principle 
to  attempt  and  if  possible  accomplish  it.  A  serious  error  in 
the  public  mind  has  been  too  long  entertained,  which  limits 
charity  to  mere  alms-giving;  that  is  undoubtedly  the  truest 
charity  to  the  poor,  which  in  aiding  at  the  same  teaches  them 
to  help  themselves,  thereby  encouraging  in  them  the  desire  of 
independence,  bringing  them  up  to  the  business  princii)le  of 
payment  for  value  received,  and  relieving  them  of  a  sense  of 
self-degradation,  and  placing  them  on  a  level  with  the  benefactor. 
In  all  cases  of  money  advanced  to  pay  expenses  of  reaching 
situations  in  the  interior,  the  appropriation  has  been  made  as  a 
loan  and  not  a  gift.  It  is  a  subject  of  serious  consideration 
with  the  Board,  whether  or  not  this  principle  should  be  further 
applied  to  all  who  seek  the  services  of  the  Society :  so  far  as 
city  domestics  are  concerned,  this  rule  has  been  necessarily 
applied  for  the  protection  of  the  employer,  and  with  manifest 
good  cftect  to  the  employee. 

The  revenue  of  the  Society  is  received  from  : 

1.  Annual  subscriptions  and  donations  from  citizens. 

2.  Office  fees  from  employers  and  employees. 

3.  Commissions  from  the  sale  of  Atlantic  and  inland  j^as- 
sage-tickets. 


FIRST  ANNUAL   REPOllT.  15 

Should  the  Society  be  prospered,  it  is  li"i<il  that  in  time 
the  income  from  tlie  two  h^st  sources  will  mccl  i\\o  current  ex- 
penses of  the  Society,  so  that  all  contributions  made  by  citi/ens 
will  go  to  assist  families  and  persons  into  the  country. 

The  receipts  of  the  Society  during  the  past  year,  as  will 
appear  bv  the  report  hereto  annexed,  have  been  $7822.07,  and 
the  expenditures,  .572i)0.S8.  Many  cxpen.ses  which  the  Society 
has  been  compelled  to  undergo  during  tlie  pastycar,  will  not  have 
to  be  again  incurred.  The  Board  would  here  gratefully  record 
the  kind  remembrnnce  of  this  Society,  by  the  committee  selected 
to  distribute  the  fund  so  munificently  aoproj^rlated  by  tho.se 
accomplished  artists,  Grisi  and  Mario,  to  charitable  uses  during 
the  past  season,  through  which  it  was  in  the  receipt  of  five  hun- 
drea  dollars,  by  the  hands  of  J.  E.  Williams,  Esq. ;  and  also 
a  donation  from  the  Fifteenth  Ward  Kclief  As.sociation,  by  the 
hands  of  B.  Livingston  Kipp.  Esq.,  of  seventy-five  dollars. 

7.  Committee  on  Publication.  This  Committee,  under  direc- 
tion of  the  Board,  has  caused  to  be  prepared  a  lithograph  en- 
graving, as  a  diploma  for  members,  and  certificate  for  agents. 
The  device  is  ai)propriatc,  and  as  a  work  of  art  reflects  credit 
on  Saroni  k  Meyer,  the  artists.  They  have  also  superintended 
the  publication  of  the  various  documents  issued  by  the  Society. 

In  conclusion,  the  Board  can  not  but  congratulate  the  Society 
on  the  progress  which  it  has  made  during  the  past  year,  and 
the  success  which  has  thus  far  crowned  its  eflbrls.  The  pro- 
priety of  its  existence  has  been  recognized  in  high  jilaces,  as 
well  as  among  all  ranks  of  business  life.  It  has  the  indorse- 
ment of  the  Governor  of  this  State,  as  well  as  that  of  our  worthy 
and  honored  Mayor.  (See  Document  No.  5.)  It  has  received 
the  official  sanction  of  nearly,  if  not  quite  all,  of  the  representa- 
tives of  foreign  countries  residing  in  our  city,  as  also  of  many 
of  our  leading  citizens,  clergymen,  and  others.  It  is  true  that 
it  has  met  with  opposition,  and  from  quarters  where  it  was  least 
anticipated,  but  the  causes  of  it  have  been  ascertained ;  time  will 
probably  ap])ly  a  remedy.  Without  question  the  Society  is  en- 
gaged in  a  great,  good,  and  noble  work,  eiicomj)assed  indeed  at 
present  with  many  and  formidable  difficulties,  but  by  a  proper 
distribution  of  labor  among — a  faithful,  harmonious  action  on 
the  part  of,  the  member^  of  the  Board ;  by  vigilance  and  care 
on  the  j)art  of  the  officers;  an  active,  prompt,  faithful  di.scharge 
of  dutv  on  the  part  of  the  agents  of  the  Society,  each  in  his 
appropriate  sphere ;  receiving  the  continued  countenance  and 
support  of  our  fellow-citizens,  to  which  we  now  appeal,  by  tho 
blessing  of  God,  success  is  certain. 

May,  1855.  Moktimku  Dk  Motik, 

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ARTICLE  I. 

Title.  —  Tliis  Association  shall  bo  known  by  tho  title  of  The  America^  au<» 
Foreign  Emigrant  Protective  and  Employment  Socictj. 

ARTICLE  IL 

Objects. — 1.  The  objects  of  tho  Society  shall  bo  to  protect  Emigrants  from  fraud 
and  imposition ;  to  afford  lla-m  advice  anil  legal  and  pecuniary  aid ;  to  provide  them 
wit'  icconimodations;  to  procure  for  them  employment,  and  direct  them 

to  .-  .  <  ot  seltlenioiit  in  the  country. 

2.  I'ur  ihe  accomplishraeut  of  theeo  objects,  the  Society  shall  establish  a  Central 
Office  in  New-York,  and  other  Offices  in  said  city  and  elsewhere,  as  may  become  ex- 
pedient; employ  a  General  Agent,  with  such  assistants  as  may  be  required;  estab- 
lish Agencies  and  Correspondence  at  the  principal  emigration  ports  of  Europe,  and 
at  the  princijial  points  along  tho  great  thoroughtires  of  travel  in  thid  country,  and 
promote  tho  formation  of  Auxiliary  Societies. 

ARTICLE  m. 

MraiBEBS. — 1.  An  annual  contribution  of  Ten  Dollars  or  upwards  shall  constitute 
any  person  who  shall  subscribe  to  tliis  Constitution  a  member  of  tho  Society. 
2.  A  donation  of  My  dolhuv  shall  constitute  tho  donor  a  Life  Member. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Officem,  etc.— 1.  Tlio  Officers  of  tl»o  Society  shall  bo  a  President,  two  or  more 
Vice-PresidentB,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Recording  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer, 
who  shall  be  elected  at  the  Annual  Mt cling.  There  shall  also  bo  elected  at  tho 
Annual  Meeting  not  less  than  twenty-live  members  not  officers  of  tho  Society,  to 
constitute  a  Hoard  of  Directors;  and  .  •ntccn  otlier  members  who, 

with  the  Uflicvrs  of  the  .Society,  shall  .  of  MaiiaK(.r.i. 

2.  A  donation  of  one  hundred  dolhu  -  :.:ui  >  :.-uiuie  the  donor  a  Life  Director 
of  tho  Society. 

3.  Tho  Board  of  DiroctorB  and  the  Roard  of  Managers  respectively  sltall  fill  their 
own  t:i •  iinU>R.s  they  slinll  \>c  Jillod  at  a  sjK-cial  nuiting  of  the  Soc-iety. 

4.  1;  8  of  the  bociety  shall  pi.rlbrm  such  duiic-s  as  by  tho  By-Laws  tlioy 
may  bo  dir(.«.i.a. 


20  CONSTITUTION. 

6.  The  nSffctora  of  tho  Jvx-iotj-  shall  hnvo  ft  ffonornl  Bxiporvis-         •         opcra- 

iJoQg;     -c I   •■i'«au|x)n  its  na-ounts;  and  propose  s>ich   a  5  in  iU 

Ifgol.V  ,nl  afl  mny  to  them  Boom  expedient.    They  may  OHact  their 

own  1  -"ity  wiUi'Uiia  C<jnstitution,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  their 

g  rnl  manftpcmcnt 

q{  ■^^J^  1  ,..;:  :  its organi/Jition 

M  set  forth  in  Article  II.  of  this  Constitution.  They  chall  enml  IJy-lAws  for  the 
Society,  and  o"  -  '  r  themselves,  not  in  conflict  with  tlioso  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectoni:  and  t  .  keep  n  record  of  their  proceedings,  which  shall  bo  open  at 

,11  til  •-.  ■  f  til  ■  l'":ird  of  I>iroclors. 

7.  N  .;  1^-.  r  .1  Wit  Society  sliall  receive  any  pecuniary  compenaa- 
Uon  whatever  lor  his  scnr-ices. 

ARTICLE  V. 

QsxcRAL  AOEWT,  ETC— 1.  Thcro  shall  be  elected  at  the  Annual  Mooting  of  tho 
Pocietv,  a  General  Agent,  whoso  duties  and  compensation  shall  bo  determined  by 
tlie  Board  of  Manapera. 

2.  Tlu'  '"  -1  may  fill  tho  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  death,  rcaipnation,  or  re- 
mo'val  of  •  ral  .Vpent,  except  it  be  filled  at  a  ppecial  meeting  of  the  Society. 
But,  in  case  of  removal,  tho  vacancy  shall  not  bo  filled  until  the  expiration  of  ten 
days,  within  which  time  the  General  Apent  shall  have  the  privilcpe  of  appealing  to 
Uie  Board  of  Directors,  who  may  either  confirm  his  removal  or  reinstate  him  in  office. 

3.  The  General  Apent  may  meet  with  tho  Managers  at  their  discretion,  but  he 
aball  not  bv  virtue  of  his  office  be  entitled  to  any  vote. 

4  \i  '  r  duties  for  the  Recording  Secretary  than 

thoeo  ,    nsalion  to  be  mutually  agreed  upon;  but 

the  Reo'v  rotary  siiail  not  b©  entitled  to  any  vote  upon  matters  in  which  he 

may  be  p*.;-^.......^  interested. 

ARTICLE  \J. 

Usrnscs.—'Uxo  Annual  Meeting  of  tho  Society  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday 
in  May  of  p.nch  vear.  A  special  meeting  shall  be  called  by  tho  President  at  the 
written  r  '"  five  Directors  or  Managers,  or  of  any  twenty-five  members  of  the 

Society.  members  shall  constitute  a  quonim. 

2.  the  Directors  shall  meet  annually  on  the  Monday  next  f  'he  last  Mon- 
day in  April,  for  tho  purposes  set  forth  in  Article  II.  of  this  t  .  )n.  and  pre- 
pare a  Report  to  be  submitted  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  tho  Society.  They  shall 
also  meet  in  speci-il  session  at  tho  call  of  the  President,  or  at  the  written  request  of 
any  five  mem»)er8  of  their  own  Board.  Ten  members  shall  form  a  quorum  for  the 
tran.saction  of  bu.«ines.H. 

3.  Tho  Managers  shall  meet  at  least  once  in  each  month  at  regular  intervalu,  and^ 
in  special  sessions,  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  excepting  that  tho  Pr^ 

the  Society  or  Chairman  of  the"  Committee  shall  liave  power  to  call  them 
at  any  tima     Five  Managers  shall  constitute  a  quorum.     Directors  shall  have  tho 

;  of  tho  Managers,  and  of  participating  in  diacuar 

f  •  vote. 

ARTICLE   VIL 

FLEmoyp.— Heclions  r.  .-s  of  th"  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  a  ma- 

jority of  all  the  members  y  '  any  mi-  ^U  bo  necessary  to  elect  to  anj 

ofBce. 

ARTICLE  Vin. 

AcxTLiART  SocnrnES.  —  Every  A.-y^-x-iation  rgt.ibli.shed  as  an  auxiliary  to  this 
most  base  its  Con.«titution  upon  the  principles  of  the  parent  Society,  and  submit  a 
copy  with  iU  applicaUon.  A  majority  of  all  tho  Managers  shall  bo  requisite  for 
tbe  admiMion  of  any  auxiliary  Society. 


coNsrncTio.v.  21 


ARTICLE  IX. 

Akkkdmextb. — TlitA  ConstittitioQ  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  anj  meeting  or 
theSocu:     '  ■      •' •       -■..■..,.  .    ',..f^. 

tiona  or  -or 

Manager-  iiit7  bL»ii  bo  rvXcrrvti  >  ■i.Uuu  Uj  a  buooci^uvul  muvling 

of  Ibo  &. 


A.I^3?ElSrDIX. 


DOCUMENT     No.    1. 

The  Board  of  Manapcre  of  tho  American  and  Foreign  Emigrant  Protective  and 

p-     ' -        ...   1     --     .     ••■'ly  to  memoriiUi/o  your  Honorable  Body,  on  tho 

t  !>-owTicrs,  consignees,  masters,  and  commanders 

of  UA66t:ij.  ■  '>f  New-York,  n' 

to  repeal  i  _     ■  the  graniiDg  of  ^  

of  8hi])8  by  runners. 

Your  Memorialists  can  not  but  express  their  surprise  and  regret,  that  an  effort 
should  have  b<.-en  made  by  any  member  of  your  Honorable  Body,  to  remove  from 
til  •  .Swtute  Book  a  section  so  esaeutial  to  the  humane  object  contemplated  by  tlio 
Act. 

To  the  gurpri.«o  of  the  friends  of  these  poor    ■  -  on  our  •■•  the 

rf-pmach  of  the  administrators  of  the  law,  this  i>r  the  Act  •  rto 

a   .  ad  letter;  and  your  Memorialists  have  hailed  with  the  purest  satisiuction  and 

J         :-v  !' n  announcement  recently  made  by  the  excellent  Mayor  of  New-York, 

t  I  i^sioners  of  Kmigration.' of  his  intention  to  revive  and  put  in  force  tliia 

Memorialist"      '  "  "    "  1  regret,  that  any 

:t  a  purpose  .■•  ■«  an  arm  which 

and  liaehty  to  oflicial  duty  i  d  to  in'  •  tween  unprinci- 

^^..^ a  cruel  men  and  their  defensek.-.:  . .  . ...is?    "WL...  •  could  prompt  to 

an  eflbrt  bo  unworthy  of  humane  men  or  just  legislators  ?  The  imposition  and 
wrongs  inflicted  on  emigrants  have  long  been  the  opprobrium  of  our  city;  and  a 
wish  to  wipe  away  the  reproach,  and  relieve  the  friends  of  humanity  of  the  painful 
sympathy  with  these  suflerers,  has  led  to  the  organization  of  the  Society,  the  officers 
of  which  now  address  you. 

Well  might  tlie  victims  of  these  outrages  exclaim,  as  they  liave  been  heard  to 
do:  "Is  it  {Kjssible  tliat  wo  have  come  to  a  Christian  country?'  Your  Memorial- 
ists will  not  t>ctupy  the  time  of  your  Honorable  Body  by  spreading  out  their  com- 
plaints, or  multii  '  csfiive  of  till':  '  lin.  To  :  '"  •• 
the  act  proiK>«'-'!  :o  ngainsl  hi,  i^^t  of  it- 
and  to  c-on.*-  .  ul  will 
iif.;   \k'.\\    sin.; ._.          .  ■-.-  ;-..,..;-„  -i.iteunnt. 

■J  at  their  last  meeting.     Tho  in:  .  was  obtained  by  U. 

•  1    •-.-..  r —  •!     .• -,  V  1 '  .....-.;. .J  !■••_'  and  ei.;- .....  ..■ 

who  are  agents  of 

tw.  - : 

1  :uigrant  ship-owners  or  consignees  are  in  the 

hai  ag  permits  to  board  ships,  und  take  oil'  tho  passengers?     Aiaucr. — 

Ne-i. . .  ...^ 

2d'Ques. — What  price  is  paid  for  these  permits?  Jm.— From  twenty-flvo  to 
three  hundred  doUars. 


34  AJ'rt.NDix. 

3J  (^MML— Wbnt  t*  thf  rxjx'no*'  r>f  ttikiag  Iho  pnwcnpore  from  a  ship,  and  brinjr- 
ing  Uiom  to  '  ^w.  — Wiifrtvs  of  "permit  catcher,"  *1'"0 

.^,,  ,„..,, -I.  „  .  ,     ,  T  hour,  enpigeU  from  live  to  twelve  hours  ; 

,  hftniLi,  Ihrco  or  four,  $1  each  ;  and  extras,  say  $10. 

,  •     -•  •  •  --    •'     passengers,  when  landed,  in  the  power  of  the 

fyp  .  nco  used  over  them  ?     Ans. — If  they  don't 

Jo  :  ^x'.  a  licking :  it  ia  a  choice,  botweoa  submiasion 

aod  ■'• 

5(A  Vu^<.  —  I'  to  prevent  this  evil  lie  in  the  hands  of  Iho  Mayor,  or 

•  i-r .  ,.      ,  ^ ^...lion?    Ana. — 1  do  not  know.     All  I  know  is,  that  it 

.so,  and  still  is. 

ild  not  the  pa-ssenpcra,  by  a  combination  amonj^  thomsolvca,  beat 

•    Am.—U  united,  llicy  might;  but  there  are  too  many  "stool- 

pip- 

7;.  '^_,    _  irco  can  the  nmnors  command,  and  how  many  aro  engaged 

againiit,  say  a  ship  of  live  or  six  hundntl  pa.s.songers  ?  Aru. — That  depends  on  Iho 
numlH-r  of  ships  coming  in,  say  from  10  to  60  or  80. 

6th  Qu4f.:—Do  you  wish  a  stop  to  bo  put  to  the  practice?  Ana. — Assuredly  1 
do,  iged  in  the  busineaa. 

9;     ^  ,  ona :"  how  aro  thoy  obtained  ?     Ana. — By 

men  on  the  otiier  ."uio. 

lOth  Ques. — What  ia  the  nature  of  the  influence  they  use  7  Ana. — They  persuade 
the  poasengers  to  go  with  the  runners,  and  tell  them  it's  all  right. 

II th  Ques. — "Wh.it  is  their  reward?  Ana. — They  aro  promised  much,  but  get 
but  little,  and  sometimes  get  most  fleeced ;  sometimes  arc  forwarded  to  the  interior 
free. 

Tho  above  notes  were  submitted  to  another  party,  also  long  and  extensirely 
eiigBg«d  in  tho  forwarding  business,  by  whom  tho  following  correction  and  addition 
were  made. 

l$t  Qtiutitm, — Tti'>  answer  might  have  been,  "  Quito." 

2d  Quea. —  ^  '    m  $5'>  given,  except  for  tho  season. 

3d  Quea. —  •  ;i  liw  low — should  have  been  $20  to  $30.      The 

extras  would  cover  an  acre  of  ground.  Slcamboata  cliargo  6t>  cents  or  a  dollar  to 
tho  runner  for  permission  to  como  on  board.  Runners  aro  paid  from  $15  to  $60 
per  week,  according  to  their  powers  of  persuasion,  or  physical  force.  Their  cost  to 
each  railroad  COD  ts  to  an  incredible  sum.    The  annual  amount  paid  by 

one  comimny,  to  .  -o,  I  daro  not  mention. 


DOCUMENT     No.    2. 

APDHKSS  OF  TIIK  AMKlilCAN  yVND  FoTIFIGN  EMf- 
GKANT  I'KoTFiTIVK  vVNI)  EMPLOYMENT  SOCIETY 
TO  TIIK   CITY   AND  COUNTHY   PKI':SS. 

T  "  ■.•■■■-. 

oft:    .     . 

and  Iho  large  mtlux  of  foreign  cm.  ot  the  present  adurvss. 

W"..  J...1  ..vo  that  you  may  ren  .  .    ...., ..  . .  :,.:ice  to  us,  in  our  efforts  to 

mil                .  evil,  by  enabling  us  to  ascertain  what  openings  yet  exist  for  the 

monii  a:.  .       I'i-'r;     -   :i[..   ..:  tl.i^ '.    "    •       *      '  -  of  our  city  population,  both  of 

HB^^g^>  Bi...  !.  :r.   ■■!■                W.    :ir.  uom  am  many  Inmlitios  within 

•  rmaooable  distance  oi'  '  1  — 

that  at  the  present  momei  .  igh- 

boriog  States,  seriously  inconvenienced  for  want  of  domestic  help,  while  servant- 


APPENDIX.  2r> 

gtr'-  "  ^'  '.v-Tork,  of  ir                     '  '    .h.-iM  t.-r,  .-r               '                          '       '        i 

to  -Mtity  i>f  |i(u                            '.\.  -i   t  .  |ii', 

agr.  .».iii-»'  ujIi  :i--t-  :ir •■  - 

of   ;  .^r^•  1  ::  ''^J    .■.        ':  .:-   . 

or  ■  :  .-.MJity                              -  -■i!.-i-'                                                           ■  a 

of-  ty. 

\  Im.    \v^  ■    ;.    ':..y  ...  V  '       -    ■■  ■       '       ••ri,  to 

•li'  .•-••:.•■:.•  -tnOW 

ro.i  .  t:  .    :.■,  ■:..-■■  'S 

wii.  , .,...._.    ...    ...;.,..-;:  .,    m 

demand,  and  tlio  diflu-ultica  which  met  the  Socict  -,  will 

return  with  increa*  1  '  - 

Tliere  is  reason  t  that  the  supply  of  labor  fumiahe'l  by  foreign  emigra- 

ished.     The  East.  :iato  and  san- 

-  rage  witli  increa-  year,  will  not 
only  ei.  iliiinil  produoe,  but  call  thousanda  to  t lie  battle- 
field, wi. ...v.  ...->  .-^vo.  uur  quiet  shores,  and  engage  in  the  occupations  of 

peaceful  iiiiiii>.try. 

We  tlicn  ■"  '  .  .  •  •■         >  -tly  request  you  to  give  a  place 

in  your  n-<\  In  so  doiiij,',  you  will  impart  a 

three-fold  ^'i>-  -i-  :in<l  city  taxes — the  moans  of  an 

indejieiidiiit   ui.  ,  .  j  • 'y*-'^  lud  destitute  poor — and 

bonetit  to  thus.-  wii..  need  their  8er\'ice8. 

Letters,   j     '  '  Iressed  to  the  General  Agent,  Rev.  D.  R.   Tiiomasox, 

American  I'.  ty'a  Rooms,  13  Astor  Place.  New-York,  will  bo  promptly 

-  11  or  by  letter  may  be  mado  at  either  of  the 
I   ace,  or  "i"  Greenwich  .street. 

bigucd  on  k)ehaii  of  liie  bocieiy.  Petku  C<.>oi'Kii,  J'rn.^iJfnf. 

JloUTiMER  Le  Motte,  Cjt.  Secreicuy. 


"SiB:  I  find  in  the  Christian  Advocate  <fc  Journal,  of  January  4th,  1855,  an 
article  entitled,  '  U.nemploykd  L.\bor£B&'  I  would  say  that  ours  is  an  agricul- 
tUHi'  ■  -  :i  of  the  .Slate,  and  laborers  are  greatly  neede<l  for  the  various  purposes 
of  1  y  ;  also  a  Lirge  number  could  be  employed  as  house  servants,  if  of  the 

right  bUiiiip. 

'•  I  prc->ume  one  thousand  persons  can  find  employment  in  this  county  alono 
during  lla-  i^i'riii;;;  now  opening,  among  the  rural  population  ;  and  if  the  Hartford 
±  Grand  llaiiiJs  Railroad  is  put  in  construction,  a  very  largo  number  will  bo 
required,  in  addition.'^ 


"Dear  Siu:  I  v.r.t.-  to  inquire  whether  it  is  the  object  of  the  American  and 
Foreign  KiTii'.'^-Mnt  .■^■"•i>-ty,  to  send  lalx^rcrs  any  distance  from  the  city  of  Kew- 
Yoric,  !•  .'•\^  or  any  other  of  the  Western  Slates.     If  so,  who  is  to  pay  the 

experus-  .  i.-^>.'it:c,  and  how  are  wo  to  get  them  here  ?     We  arc  hero  in  tlio 

We«t  in  great  nei-d  of  both  male  and  female  lalx)r,  esjKxially  the  latter.  All  the 
poor  girls  of  your  city  might  have  good  homes  and  Cur  wages,  if  they  were  scattered 
tlirough  our  great  West." 


'I-   ■:  "••      '     -'.  directed  by  yor-  V  Y  -':  ""-^ors  to  addresB  you  as  Cor- 

fet;  of  a  moft  noble  <  ;  o  and  trust  it  may  lxH.sjmo 

•  perui.  Uur  Wcst«^'m  country  .  ■  • 

spare,  a  too.     You  can  not  glut  tl.             .u- 


20  APPENDIX. 

trr,  iknr  mnn>  Ihnn  roa  could  put  out  a  brilliant  flro  will)  wood — tho  mora  roii  put 

I   '  ■  :iud 

t  '  I  in 

•  i  I'rom  I  f  New- York  m  lo35.     binco 

,  .. !"v  neiji. ; vsto  come  out  hero  to  uie,  and 

!  them  ci:  t  on  their  arrival;  and  now  every  one  of 

Iticoi  ■"  xhI  farm^  worth  from  $300o  to  $70<>0 

MCb.  •'■"      Now,  liii.s  is  prc<i>^''ly  wlmt  will 

rc«u!'  lit.     It  is  a )  t  act  to 

ffi\i'  .  „' a  few  crack'  log — ho 

V  for  more,     liut  it  is  a  nobler  act  to  help  them  to  tho  nicanii 

I  -Ml.     J  noi  engaged  in  mechanical  work  as  well  as  farm- 

ily  Rovon  men  in  my  employ.    Four  of  them  have  lat«ly 

<  !l  me  to 

<  .  .ir.s,  and 
t                                                        years  work  lor  me,  as  they  have  each  of  them 

t;.. .-.-         llicm  good  farms.     I  could  at  present  employ  one 

more  hand  that  understands  tho  work  at  an  iron  lathe,  such  as  tufning  and  boring . 
iron.      In  April,  1    '    "  •  mt  five  or  six  more  mcchaniw,  8uch  as  wapon-makers  or 
joiners,  and  two  i.  hands.     I  can  not  well  employ  men  that  have  famdies, 

•a  it  is  v< '  :'>rili(ir:  •>  live  in.     1  am 

paying  $1  .  .  .  .7I2  per  1.       '      r  farm-hands." 


"riKin  ?ii:;  T  notice  In  tho  papers  an  oddrcss  of  tho  American  and  Foreign 

1  to  tho  city  and  country  press,  and  feeling  a  deep  intcro.ot  in  tho 

V  •  r  to  our  i-ouiitry.  often  in  destitute  '  -.1 

1     •  n  the  snlijeet,  if  by  tli.'it  means  I  c.                       ,,  in 

'  'nt.     S|                  Illinoi.s,  is  .tituaied  near 

1  i-<t  of  tl.              t   body  of  rich  land  in  tho 

woriii.  brought  under  cultivation,  ond  would  bo  still 

nuTi-  .«io  ..  ...  . [h  male  ond  female,  could  l>c  had.     I  have  been 

rc.oiding  here  for  twenty-ono  years,  and  have  never  seen  a  tinie  that  the  demand 

f  ■  ■  '^                           ■   than  the  supply.    Tl  ■                   -        I'liv,  and 

^  !>  eounty,  is  of  ea.«y                   .        ..,,([,  from 

'  ro  in  tho  south ;  and  it  you  would  send  on 

'  ^    .i  to  Springlicid,  I  have  uo  doubt  but  they 
would  all  Qjid  employment  in  a  week." 


DOCUMENT     No.    3. 

The  Tlnnrd  nf  M.in.ncyrr!»,  aware  of  tho  difflcultiea  attending  tho  effort  to  tran.sfer 
•y  to  tha**©  ports  of  tho  countr)-  where  it  is  needed,  and 

and  as 
'  -   wiiich, 

'  ;iy  n  licncvolent 

!'  ,  work  that  shall 

•  'employee;  that,  mainly  depending  for 

'  "  ' ''■■  '-nntri  but  ions  of  the  lieno- 

ud  their  resounx;*,  while, 
f  protecting 

iLc  t.Uii.lu>u.cLt  U»u*tuill*M»  tJiitii,  lor  the  luuo  bwuig,  tend  enugrants  and  others 


VPPENHII.  27 

tlerir  'r,g  otnployniciiu  lo  Umm  who  may  •pply  for  iheir  Mrrices  uodor 

one  C'l  ..g  ttiTaiikjx.tufiiU : 

iBt  I  poo  tbe  rwnitfnnw  to  Um  SooMj,  f  iia  •ecreditod  agmt^  bj  the 

employer,  of  th«  •moaat  neoMBuy  Ui  airm .  onaea  of  tnuuit ^  the  peraoD 

or  peraoos  sent,  togethar  with  the  u  .  of  two  dolUm 

2d.  Upon  an  ordor  for  «  number  ut  in  ••     '---    'vew 

residing  io  the  seme  locality,  going  audi  .  br 

the  Stxietj,  the  ne— g«  money,  tagelli  ut'  «aob 

employer,  and  hair  of  the  exTxmstn  o(  U'  ilan  per 

day,  payment  to  be  made  •  livery  <  i 

A  oonthbution  of  $2  wi..  ^....^^  Uio  ^"ii-  ..,  during  the  year. 

Proprietors  of  hotels,  boarding-bouaea,  i  tc,  will  bo  expected 

to  ;«y  $6  annually,  and  for  all  OTor  twi ' 

Fur  the  protection  of  the  employer,  ill  .en  (h)m  the 

employee^  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy  : 

New- York, ,  185 

TsoB  ccrtifiee,  that  I  liarc  this  day  afiTocd  to  eerre  in  the  ca]>ucity  of 

,  for  the  oonaidoration  of  $ —  per  niontli. 

It  is  also  agreed  that  if  I  ahaU  remaiu  in  my  situation  —  montlis  from  tliia 

date^   my  traTelling  expenses  to   sliall  bo  defrayed  by  my  employer. 

Otherwise,  the  amount  shall  be  dAucleJ  frotu  my  wages. 

WnmsB, 

In  r^reoce  to  the  ion,  il  sliould  be  all 

p^-soQg  go  <">"^<"<^'l  sli.^ :  ..;  ilie  risk  ol  Uie  c:.., .   . ,.  .   ._. 1  be 

taken  to  ;  .  «&     The  usual  precaution  is,  to  detain  the  luggage  of  tlie  per- 

son F     '  \  of  his  or  her  arrival,  or  to  forward  it  at  the  time  as  freight 

dire*.  r. 

In  aJdiiiuu  to  applications  : 
will  be  glad  to  be  made  acquai.  .    . 

lawyers,  clerks,  surveyors,  etc  Aluuiiiii  ;  »tte, 

t-, ,  ^.^-....Mug  Secrclary. 


DOCUMEN  1'      No.    4. 

Plaixfielo,  "Well  Co.,  IlL,  5fay  8,  1855. 

Mt  Dear  Sir:  Yours  of  April  25  is  before  me.  1  liavo  also  to  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  a  Certificate  of  Agency,  and  a  letter  from  Mr.  Seymour,  dated  April  12. 
On  Saturday  la.^^t  I  stnt  you  a  check  for  $132,  whicli  I  liope  you  will  have  ret-oivcd 
safe.  Will  bo  able  lo  send  a  htilo  more  when  I  get  word  from  you  alxiut  Mr. 
Fecney. 

I  do  not  find  any  willing  to  run  the  risk  oi  sending  on  money  for  servants,  except 
some  that  get  a  name  of  being  very  hard  to  servo. 

Only  two  of  the  six  Germans  that  came  willi  mo  have  worked  at  (arm  labor 
iK-foro  comintf  here :  yet  in  New- York  1  understood  that  they  had  all  been  accus- 

:i  get  $12  lo  $IC  a  year,  while  the 

r  a  year,  and  are  as  it  is  uul  caey 

lo  leam  a  man  tiiat  can  not  ep'  -ii. 

Servant-  •"■'■  ""'  '<  m-ti-.-  .-,-  ve  been;  yet  quite  a  number  of  both  men 

and  won  y. 

I  am  K  ■'-  crnp'-'^Traent  lor  all  that  call  on  you.    Let 

me  knov.  \'.  jr^vr.-,  a:.  I  I  will  try  to  help  you  to  get  work 

fur  them. 

I  do  not  understand  vou  a^v-mt  fillintr  up  tlie  "Transit  Table,"  as  I  »eo  uutliing 
in  the  inclosed  bill,  '•.  '.liat  I  can  till. 

We  left  foot  of  Duai...  ...w.  »;  ^^ k  P.M.,  Tuetklay,  Marcli  2(i     w.r..  three 


28  APPEN'DIX. 

boon  to  Ptewoot;  toeoinfnAdotiAn  not  very  (pv"l,  yet  did  not  complain.  I>»ft 
Plcrmont  at  clorcn  P.M.;  ■  Dunkirk,  Thuretlny.  at  six  A.M. ;  cars  Rtioi; 

plHllr  of  room  ;  air  rery  bwi,  w  ui  !■  ^afvvi  «mnk-.  nii>l  no  ventilfttion  ;  good  oct-om- 
■ndation  at  Dunkirk.      Left  at  aix  IM       ;r  \  •     :  •  ■  the  care  likea  lotof  liog^  >ot 

BO  lurc«  Qsed  .  •  -  1   i  i  i.     •"   i'^    .   .r-  i   •   r      Arrivi  .1  :it  Krii?  nt  ton  P.M.; 

ehan^tH)  car«  ■••  i-  --     >^'r.'  !■.-:•  I  m  w.'- •  i^.-'.  ^ni'l  t"W.  "plciiiy 

IQOf,.  .  <  ^"t)  in,  when  they  wore  far  too  full ;   t!'  n-  \\<to  Hvo  cai  ^  ; 

tiro  t..'  ..-  i  ni.iUi;  next  two,  quite  a  number  in  the  i)as.«ngos;  the  hi'i 

u  f-.i.l  «.■<  ;  cram,  raon,  women,  and  children  ;  the  erica  of  uomo  of  the  child- 

ren ■    '^  r  a  little,  sleep  got  the  better  of  tlio««o  in  the  paaaagea, 

m,  I  o  lloor  a*  h«>«t  they  could.     A  few  hotirs  in  the  night 

w-cro  .«  I.   the  air  was  very  bad;  it  Bmcll 

^  .  a  thous  1    .  •,  thnt  I  have  been  in ;  day-time  it 

ira.<ialii'  vet  very  bad;  were  in   that  crowde<l  state  more  than   twelve 

hvin«,  A.uw  .  ai  hoveland.  Tuwiday,  ten  A-M. ;  left  at  eight  P.M.;  all  got  seats. 
Arr.v.Hi  at  Toledo,  Saturday  morning,  at  two  o'clock;  stopped  eight  houre;  no 
pi  ii-.>  f..r  thf«H?  to  stop  in  who  had  not  means,  or  could  not  go  and  pook  a  place  to 
1    i.-     V-.t   a  siii.'ill   r«xim   with  a  bench  round  the  wait ;  it  wnu  fillwi  ns  full  a.^  it 

'..1   ot.imiing ;  after  a   little,  sleop  and  '  . 

*  ...  •■  e  rest  got  down  on  tlie  floor,  on  top  , 

in  a  t ;  the  crying  of  some  of  the  chiliifch  wa.s  enough  to  touch  a  heart 

of  sto-,>.  I  lu'ir  mothers  wero  quite  worn  out  with  fatigue,  want  of  sleep,  and 
want  of  room ;  the  nir  wan  bad  enough  to  destroy  life  in  a  short  time.  Left 
XVriedo  n-  ^  ^  White  Pippon   at  eight  P.M. ; 

gtoppcd  t  '  slept  in  the  cars ;  air  not  fit 

to  SI.  ..'.      Arrived  nt  Chicago,  J>ahliQth,  two  P.  M. ;  could  not  get  our 

baggn^'  i...  v.^.il  o'clock  on  Monday  morning.  The  points  of  comprint  are, 
crowding  too  many  into  the  care  part  of  the  road ;  allowing  smoking  in  the  care ; 
want  of  rentiktioo  in  tho  can  and  station-housce ;  and  stopping  too  long  on  the 
road. 

About  ^n  in  tho  cars,  why  not  open  the  windows  and  lot  in  the  air! 

TliLi  wit;  irm  weather,  but  i.i  not  good  in  cold  weather:  and  tlio  emigrant-"* 

are  too  ignorant  about  tho  use  of  air  to  suffer  a  little  by  the  cold  air  blowing  in  on 
them,  rat'  -  •'  "-;  have  the  air  bad.  If  tho  railroad  companies  can  not  afford  to  give 
better  ar  on  and  a  quicker  ]>assnsre  at  pre.<«ont  rates  of  fare,  let  them  charge 

more,  Bii  ng  their  p<x)r  brethren  so 

badly.     •  ess  in  your  labor  of  love, 

I  remain,  Youra  truly,  AMnuiw  Fj.m.lav.  Agent, 

Am,  and  For.  Emigrant  Pro.  and  Em,  Soc.,  K  T. 

Mr.  D.  R.  Tbomasox,  General  Agent,  N.  T. 


DOCUMENT     No.    5. 

Mator's  OrncE,  New  York,  March  22,  1855. 
fV  A«  TTn*.  T.  A    TiMn.  ifnt/orrf  thf  City  oj  Livrrpool : 

I>  d  by  a  committee  of  the  American  and  Foreign 

Bmigrit:  nt  S"Hrty,  of  this  city,  to  affix  my  name  and 

oAcial  »  -.  s>.  1  1 1  your  Honor,  in  recommendation  of  the 

'  '  Mly  com- 

i  V  of  the 

ff'  n,  I  am  well  .\  — Mcia- 

l.  >:.   . .   ;  ly  of  tho  dc:  >;....  .u.t..- uf  our 

State  «r  lawn  ;  and  I  f«  nt   that   yourself  and  other  friends  of 

bamanity  wiu  confer  a  la.-'        '  munily  by  giving  pub- 

BoUj,  BOt  ODly  in  Toor  dt V  .    .     .uin,  to  the  bcueticial 


APPENDIX.  29 

atjv  •  the  poor  emijrnuit  t    -•>  k 

It-;  ;  T(:<*  iticrcaso  i!    '         -•!) 

,tj  into  t  •  I'M!  !■ 

i....,  .^.,.  iruly  a>;  .....   .       .  ■•■•J  ''  ■'  ' 

number  of  aliins  arrivuij;  at  iliis  jHit  .'>4,  wa-  <  if 
tliiB  '  ■  —  ■  >sc  wtn-  frvin  tii-rniany,  ?.:,.J'  -  .d,  3u,61v  "'jiu  kLog- 
lanii                       'r<>ni  uihi-r  iMiintrio*. 

r  '.at  whili"  iho  American  !>• 

fac';'                            -. ,1<>  from  dtlirr  luuda,  they  I  •  "i 

/n  criminal*  and  paupers,  and  other  evil-<.  '0%  wbo 

ii   u.>  li  way  to  these  hospitable  Hhorea,  many  of  v  '•"  •♦•nt 

the  onii-r^  ami  at  tlio  exj^nso  of  some  of  the  conti:  ■  I 

!  -d  thattl  ' 

■<urca  wi.  : 

ifO    HtOp  to  h 

I. ,....  :..-.,       .......^  that  you  is....    -  ■ 

rvnder  all  tii'  -e  in  your  power  to  further  the  objects  of  i  ty, 

bv  \  ur  otlicrwiae,   I  havo  the  honor  t^)  be,  wiUi  .■<(.■iii.iim.iiuj  of 

tvey<  Your  obedient  servant, 

FEKNA.N1K)  Wood,  Mayor. 


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AUTIiLK   VII. 

I'his  Constitution  may  be  altortnl  or  amended  at  any  mectinf;  of  the  Amocui* 

:i,  by  a  voti-  of  '  <ls  of  the  niiinberH  pri'sent ;  i'  the  propOMd 

rati"'^  ■■'  hhall  have  been  |ir'' • — '•   '-•  .  i<y  the  officers 

of  the  us<*  they  shall  be  rt ;  action  to  a  NubM- 

quent  meeting  of  the  Association. 


•»  •  <.  c  1 


li  V  -  L  A  W  S. 

1.  i'Jie  OtUccrs  of  the  Association  shall  constitute  a  Managing  Committee. 
They  shall  meet  as  often  as  rcquiri'd.  and  keep  a  record  of  their  proceedings,  to 
be  presented  at  the  annual  meeting. 

-'.  Two  members  present  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The  President,  or  in  his 
absence  the  Vice  IVtsidcnt,  shall  preside  at  all  meetings.  In  the  absence  of  l>oth, 
the  Treasurer  slndl  preside 

3.  The  Secretary  ?h.i!l  k.  [.  tiu-  iiiiuun.s  m  im-  .'v>>im mtion,  and  shall  be  the 
medium  of  cuuuuuiiiciitinn  between  the  A.ssociation  and  the  Parent  Society. 

I.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  Committee  to  receive,  through  their  Secretary, 
applications  for  help  from  the  members  of  the  A.ssociation,  and,  if  they  shall 
think  fit,  from  other  citizens  in  good  standing,  and  transmit  the  same,  with  the 
subscription  and  fare,  to  the  Parent  Society,  according  to  the  regulations  of  that 
Society.  The  Committee  shall  direct  their  Secretary  to  perform  all  such  duties 
as  belong  to  Local  Agents  of  the  American  and  Foreign  Emigrant  Protective  and 
Employment  Society,  as  set  forth  in  the  Society's  Instructions  to  Agents. 

■.  Any  vacancy  occurring  in  the  Managing  Committee,  shall  be  filled,  for  the 
time  bein;;,  by  the  Committee ;  but  unless  such  vacancy  occur  within  two 
months  of  the  annual  meeting,  a  special  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Asso- 
ciation shall  be  convened  for  the  purpose. 

C.  Xo  member  of  the  Hanaging  Committee  shall  receive  any  compensation  for 
service  rendered  to  the  Association,  except  the  Secretary,  and  his  compensation 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  members  at  a  general  meeting. 

7.  Employers,  members  of  the  Association  or  otherwise,  shidl  bo  required  to 
report  to  the  Manatring  Committee  the  name,  with  a  description  of  his  person,  of 
any  employee  who  may  have  absconded,  or  who  may  have  been  dismi.->sed  for 
improper  conduct  The  Committee  shall  al.so  hear  the  complaint  of  any  em- 
ployee who  may  consider  him  or  her  self  in  any  way-  wronged  or  aggrieved  by 
his  or  her  r;  and  they  shall  act  on  the  same  to  tlie  best  of  their  judg- 

ment   Eiiii  ■■J  .  ..^  shall  also  be  required  to  give  a  written  c.  >  rtn.  -.le  of  chaiacter 
to  every  deserving  person  leaving  their  senice;  which  ct .  shall  receive 

the  endorsement  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Association. 

s.  No  member  of  the  Association  shall,  by  the  offer  of  higher  wages  or  by 
other  inducements,  directly  or  indirectly  presented,  tempt  a  hired  person  to  leave 
the  service  of  a  fellow-member  of  tl  *  :  •: ■  .  •'  vish  «)f  such  mem- 
ber; nor  shall  any  hired  person,  K. I  ^  _  uis  wish,  such  em- 
ployer being  a  member  of  the  Association,  be  received  into  the  service  of  a 
fellow-member,  without  |)crmLssion  from  the  Managing  Committee. 


JIKC'UMMKNJ  )AT1<JNJS. 


V,  ,^ 


III.IL      111' 


l  I  I'  Mi       1  t.-l   'III  . 


Ciir  of  lo  of  The  Amkkkas  and  1"< 

PKOTwmvt  Axn  KMPtotJiKNT  SoriBTY,  is  ominently  wortby  of  Public  conli- 
deiicc,  do  licri'hv  cordially  coniiiiond  its  objects  and  plans  to  the  favorable  notice 
of  rhilantlmipists  and  others*  in  this  country  and  Kuropc,  in  tho  full  convictifni 

« 

will  l>e  promotc<l  by  their  applying  to  said  Society 

11.11...  1  ami  ndvirc. 
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IhK.NAMiL)    Will  11 1.   [U  .- 

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KDWAUD  STUCKKX,  [k  S]  Consul- Generai  of  Ilamver. 
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WILLIAM  A.  Kt>I!15K.  [L.^  J  Cvmul-Utneral  vf  Kamm. 
ANTHONY  1K)LLKRMAXX.  [L.  S.]  Consul  of  Grand  Duchy  of  Hesse. 
KI»\V1X  A.  OKLUICIIS.  [L.  H]  .,. 

PAUL  WM.  C.KSAH.  [L  S.]  C ■■_,  .1/-  .c-;  „....., 

C.  KD\VAHI>  HABICIIT,  [L.  &]  Consul  of  >  aij. 

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J.  C.  Z     .MAN.  [i.      ,  ..therlands. 

MYRON  11.  CLARK,  [L  8.]  Governor  of  the  Stale  of  Xetc- York. 

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JOS.  P.  TIlDMPSttX.  ra.'>'>f  of  the  UnKtdKay  Tabernacle  Church. 

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IIKNRY  WARD  BKKCHKR.  Pastor  ,f  Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn,  K  T. 

T!H»S.  I?.  SKIXXKR.   '  'rnune-ttreei  Presbytn-ian  Church,  K  Y. 

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W  It.  .I(.1X  i  Insurance  Company. 

PHINKA.S  I».  CURLKV.  Pastor  of  the  P  Street  Church,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANTII.  RARCLAY,  Her  Britannic  JJaJesty's  Consul  at  Xew-York,  testifies 
that  the  alwt'c  seals  and  oifniaturcs  are  genuine. 

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